Question

哺 はぐく.む、ふく.む 0 2461 10 30 くち・くちへん 形声 Phonetic suckle: this mother had heptuplets. Wow! But she had to put dog tags on the mouths of her babies to keep track of which ones had been suckled.

Accepted Answer

ホ nurse, suckle S 口: mouth甫: for the first time; not until 口 3 (none) The scaredy-cat soldier puts his dog tags in his mouth and suckles them nervously. It sounds like he's a suckling infant. 1979

Kanji	哺
Onyomi	ホ
Kunyomi	はぐく.む、ふく.む
English	nurse, suckle
JLPT Level	0
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	2461
Components	口: mouth 甫: for the first time; not until
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	口
Radical Number	30
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	くち・くちへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Koohii Story 1	The scaredy-cat soldier puts his dog tags in his mouth and suckles them nervously. It sounds like he's a suckling infant.
Koohii Story 2	suckle: this mother had heptuplets. Wow! But she had to put dog tags on the mouths of her babies to keep track of which ones had been suckled.
RTK Index (new)	1979

Mouth Dog Tags 哺 ホ はぐく.む、ふく.む Nurse Suckle

Mouth Dog Tags 哺ホはぐく.む、ふく.む Nurse Suckle